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REGISTER OF MEMBERS 



SOCIETY 

/OF 

3oNS OF THE {^EVOLUTION 

IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 



WITH THE 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



December 3, 1894 



WASHINGTON 

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 

1895 



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SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 
SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

Instituted March ii, 1889. 
Incorporated under the laws of the United States, December, i88p. 



^ffi<jer0 tUcUb ©eeemfier 3, 1894. 

President : 
■-,j Mr. lewis JOHNSON DAVIS, 141 1 Mass. Ave. N.W. 

o 
'^ y ice-President : 



Admiral JAMES AGUSTIN GREER, U. S. N., 2010 Hillyer Place. 

Secretary : 
Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY, 1335 F Street N.W. 

Treasurer : 
Mr. ALEXANDER BROWN LEGARE, Metropolitan Club. 

Registrar : 
Mr. WILLIAM HARRISON LOWDERMILK, 1424 F Street N.W. 

Historian : 
Mr. GAILLARD HUNT, 1466 Rhode Island Avenue N.W. 

Chaplain : 
Rev. RANDOLPH HARRISON McKlM, D. D., 1621 K Street N.W. 

Board of Managers : ^ 

General DANIEL W. FLAGLER, U. S. A., War Department. 
Mr. GAILLARD HUNT, 1466 Rhode Island Avenue N.W. 
Mr. ALBION K. PARRIS, i 344 F Street N.W. 
Mr. B. LEWIS BLACKFORD, 1410 G Street N.W. 
Mr. CHARLES H. CAMPBELL, 1733 DeSales Street N.W. 
Mr. BARRY BULKLEY, Cosmos Club. 
Mr. F. p. B. sands, 1022 Connecticut Avenue N.W. 
Mr. HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, 1605 O Street N.W. 
Mr. CHARLES F. T. BEALE, 161 i 29th Street N.W. 



Total Membership December 3, 1894, 

3 



OFFICERS 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY. 



General President, 
Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Md., 

Of the Maryland Society. 

General Vice-President, 
GARRET DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, 

Of the New Jersey Society. 

Second General Vice-President, 
JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, 

Of the Georgia Society. 

General Secretary, 
JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, No. 56 Wall Street, New York, 

Of the New York Society. 

Assistant General Secretary, 
WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, No. 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, 

Of the Maryland Society. 

General Treasurer, 
RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 710 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 

Of the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Assistant Treasurer^ 

STEPHEN SALISBURY, Worcester, 

Of the Massachusetts Society. 

General Chaplain, 
Rev. morgan DIX, D. D., S. T. D., New York City, 

Of the New York Society. 

General Registrar, 
JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 1 300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, 

Of the Pennsylvania Society. 

General Historian, 
THEODORUS bailey MYERS MASON, U. S. N., Washington, 

Of the District of Columbia Society. 

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SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. 

Instituted February 22, 1876. 
Reorganized December 4, 1883. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York May 3, 18 



OFFICERS : 

President. 

FREDERICK SAMUEL TALLMADGE. 

yicc-President. 

WILLIAM GASTON HAMILTON. 

Secretary. 
THOMAS E. VERMILYE SMITH. 

Assistant Secretary. 
EDWARD TRENCHARD. 

Treastirer. 
ARTHUR MELVIN HATCH. 

Board of Managers. 
JOHN LAWRENCE, 
BENJAMIN DOUGLAS SILLIMAN, 
CHARLES AUGUSTUS SCHERMERHORN, 
ASA BIRD GARDINER, 
CHARLES AUGUSTUS PEABODY, Jr., 
HENRY WYCKOFF Le ROY, 
JOHN HONE, 

CHARLES HORNBLOWER WOODRUFF, 
WILLIAM GAYER DOMINICK, 
FREDERICK CLARKSON, 
JOHN TAYLOR TERRY, Jr. 

Registrar. 

CHARLES ISHAM. 

Historian. 

TALBOT OLYPHANT. 

Chaplian. 
Rev. BROCKHOLST MORGAN. 

Delegates to the General Society. 
CHARLES HORNBLOWER WOODRUFF, 
JOHN HONE, 

ROBERT LENOX BELKNAP, 
ROBERT OLYPHANT, 
SHEPERD KNAPP. 

Alternates 
WILLIAM CARPENTER, 
SHELDON T. VIELE, 
BRADISH JOHNSON, 
CHESTER GRISWOLD, 
GEORGE De FOREST BARTON. 



Total Membership to date (June 14, 1894), - - 1,401 

5 



SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA 

Instituted April 3, 1888. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania, September 29, 1890. 

OFFICERS : 

President, William Wayne. 

Vice-President, Richard McCall Cadwalader. 

Second Vice-President, Dr. William Henry Egle. 

Secretary', Ethan Allen Weaver. 

Treasurer, Charles Henry Jones. 

Registrar, Capt. Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A. 

Historian, Josiah Granville Leach. 

Chaplain, Rev. George Woolsey Hodge. 

Board of Managers — ^James Edward Carpenter, Chairman ; William Spohn 
Baker, George Mecum Conarroe, Isaac Craig, Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, 
Hon. Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, William Macpherson Hornor, James 
Mifflin, Dr. Thomas Hewson Bradford. 

Delegates to the General Societj> — ^James Edward Carpenter, Hon. William Seb- 
ring Kirkpatrick, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, Charles Henry Jones, Thomas 
De Witt Cuyler. 

Alternates — Richard De Charms Barclay, Samuel Stanhope Smith Pinkerton, 
Theodore Minis Etting, Rev. Samuel D. McConnell, D. D., Col. Eugene 
Beauharnais Beaumont, U. S. A. 



Total Membership to date, ----- 795. 



SOCIETY OF IOWA. 

Instituted April 19, 1890. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, D. D. {Oxon.), LL. D., D. C. L. 

Vice-President, Samuel Francis Smith. 

Secretary, Edward Seymour Hammatt. 

Treasurer, Esek Steere Ballord. 

Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Newell Watson, D. D. 

Registrar, Henry Harvey Hills. 

Historian, Rev. William Salter, D. D. 

Board of Managers — Right Rev. William Stevens Perry, Samuel Francis Smith, 
Edward Seymour Hammatt, Esek Steere Ballord, Rev. Samuel Newell 
Watson, Samuel Roosevelt Johnson Hoyt, Henry Hervey Hills, Rev. Wil- 
liam Salter, William Perry Brady, William Clement Putnam, John Bell 
Dougherty, Theodore Wells Barhydt. 

Delegates to the General Society. — Rt. Rev. William Stevens Perry, James Wal- 
ter Heustis, Samuel Francis Smith, William Perry Brady, Judson Keith 
Deming. 

Alternates — Esek Steere Ballord, Rev. Charles Brassington Mee, Harvey Smith 
Sheldon, Josiah Proctor Walton, Charles Whitaker. 



Total Membership to date, ----- 40 



SOCIETY OF NEW JERSEY. 

Instituted January 6, 1891. 

OFFICERS : 
President, S. Meredith Dickinson. 
yice-President, Clement Hall Sinnickson. 
Secretary, John Alexander Campbell. 
Treasurer, Hugh Henderson Hamill. 
Registrar, Foster Conarroe Griffith. 
, Historian, Morris Hancock Stratton. 

Chaplain, Rev. Charles Marter Perkins. 
Board of Managers — Garret Dorset Wall Vroom, George Maxwell Robeson, 
Richard Fowler Stevens, Schuyler Colfax WoodhuU, Gilbert Collins, Sam- 
uel Duncan Oliphant, Malcolm Macdonald, William John Potts, William 
Elmer, M. D. 
Delegates to the General Society — George Maxwell Robeson, William John Potts, 

Gilbert Collins, Frank Obadiah Briggs, Garret Dorset Wall Vroom. 
Alternates — Malcolm Macdonald, John Alexander Campbell, Hugh Henderson 
Hamill, Schuyler Colfax Woodhull, Richard Fowler Stevens. 

Total Membership to date, - - - - 92. 



SOCIETY OF GEORGIA. 

Instituted May 22, 1891. 
Incorporated March 29, 1894. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Colonel John Screven. 

First Vice-President, Hon. William Dearing Harden. 

Second Vice-President, Col. John Milledge. 

Secretary, William Harden. 
Assistant Secretary, James Bolton West. 

Treasurer, Waring Russell. 
Registrar, Joseph Gaston Bulloch, M. D. 
Chaplain, Rev. Lachlan C. Vass, D. D. 
Historian, Hon. Harvey Johnson. 
Surgeon, T. B. Chisholm, M. D. 
Marshal, T. D. Rockwell. 
Board of Managers — George Lyman Appleton, Robert F. Burdell, H. V. Wash- 
ington, G. H. Stone, M. D., G. B. Pritchard, W. J. DeRenne, J. F. Minis, 
Pope Barrow, Arminius Oemler. 
Delegates to the General Society — Hon. William Dearing Harden, William Daniel 
Grant, William Harden, Rev. Lachlan C. Vass, D. D., Col. John Screven. 
Alternates — Thomas Pinckney Huger, Harvey Johnson, George M. Gadsden, 
Hugh V. Washington, Joseph G. Bulloch, M. D. 

Total Membership to date, . _ - - no. 

7 



SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Organized in Faneuil Hall, October i, 1891. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, October 9, 1891. 

OFFICERS : 
President, William Leverett Chase. 
Vice-President, Clement Kelsey Fay. 
Secretary, Henry Dexter Warren. 
Treasurer, Frank Harrison Briggs. 
Registrar, Walter Kendall Watkins. 
Historian, Francis Ellingwood Abbott, Ph. D. 
Chaplain, Reverend Leonard Kip Storrs, D. D. 
Board of Managers — Andrew Robeson, Walter Gilman Page, John Walter 
Baker, Marshall Kittridge Abbott, William Curtis Capell, Joseph Blanch- 
ard Ames, William Eustis Russell, Meriweather Hood Griffith, James 
Atkins Noyes. 
Delegates to the General Society — William Franklin Draper, Francis Ellingwood 
Abbott, Warren Codman Tilton, Elmer Rand Hollander, Henry Dexter 
Warren. 
Alternates — Hon. Oliver Ames, Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., LL. D., Albert 
Hannibal Kelsey, Arthur Lawrence, Henry Oscar Houghton. 



Total Membership to date (July i, 1894), - 245. 



SOCIETY OF COLORADO. 

Instituted February 22, 1892. 

OFFICERS : 
President, Right Reverend John Franklin Spalding, Bishop of Colorado. 
Vice-President, Roger Williams Woodbury. 
Secretary, Persifor Marsden Cooke, M. D. 
Treasurer, Edward Lane Raymond, 
Registrar, Thomas Henry Edsall. 
Chaplain, Rev. Franklin Spencer Spalding. 
Board 0/ Managers — Nathaniel Peter Hill, Major Allan Hyre Jackson, U. S. A., 
John Lathrop Jerome, William Garrit Fisher, George Webster Peirce, 
Sanford Charles Hinsdale, John Lloyd McNeil, John Boyd Vroom, Francis 
Crissey Young. 
Delegates to the General Society — Orlando Blodgett Wilcox, Clarence Edsall, 

Ashbel King Shepard, William David Todd, Josiah Mitchell Fleming. 
Alternates — Hedley Vicars Cooke, John Nicoll Vroom, M. D., Herman Charles 
Joy, Francis Wheeler Tupper, Milton Kennedy Fleming. 



Total Membership to Date, - - - - 45 

8 



SOCIETY OF MARYLAND. 

Organized April ii, 1892. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Maryland, April 13, 1892. 

OFFICERS : 
President, Hon. John Lee Carroll. 
Vice-President, McHenry Howard, 
Secretary, Robert Riddell Brown. 
Treasurer, William Bowly Wilson. 
Registrar, William Hall Harris. 
Historian, Clayton Colman Hall. 
Chaplain, Rev. William Meade Dame. 
Board of Managers — Daniel Coit Gilman, LL. D., Mozart William Hayden, 
Wilmot Johnson, Henry Oliver Thompson, Charles O'Donnell Lee, Charles 
Thomas Crane, William Fairfield Lockwood, M. D. 
Delegates to the General Society — * Edward Graham Daves, John Seldon Saunders, 
Thomas William Hall, Mozart William Hayden, William Bowley Wilson. 
Alternates — ^James A. Buchanan, Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell, M. D., Charles 
O'Donnell Lee, John Thompson Mason, R. , George Thornburg Macaulay 
Gibson. 

Total Membership to date, ----- gy 

* Died August i, 1894. Vacancy unfilled. 



SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA. 

Instituted April 17, 1893. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Charles Phelps Noyes. 
Vice-President, Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple, D. D., LL. D. (Cantab.) 

Bishop of Minnesota. 

Secretary, Rukard Hurd. 

Treasurer, George C. Squires. 

Registrar, Captain Edward Corning, 

Chaplain, Rev. Edward P. Ingersoll, D. D. 

Board of Managers — Lieut. W. C. Butler, W. C. Edgar, Jos. E. McWilliams, 

T. C. Field, R. B. C. Bement. 
Delegates to the General Society — Charles Phelps Noyes, George C. Squires, 
Rukard Hurd. 



Total Membership to date, - _ - - . 52 

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SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 

Instituted October 24, 1893. 

Organized November 21, 1893. 

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of North Carolina January 8, 1894. 

OFFICERS : 
President, Hon. Elias Carr. 
Vice-President, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, LL. D. 
Secretary, Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 
Registrar, Prof. D. H. Hill. 
Treasurer, Dr. H. B. Battle. 
Chaplain, Rev. Robert Brent Drane, D. D. 
Board of Managers — Samuel A'Court Ashe, Chairman, Elias Carr, Alexander 
Quarles Holladay, Kemp Plummer Battle, LL. D., William Joseph 
Hawkins, M. D., Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Thomas Stephen Kenan, 
Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Battle Dancy, Herbert Bemerton Battle, Bos- 
worth Clifton Beckwith, Robert Brent Drane, D. D., Graham Daves, 
Peter Evans Hines, M. D., Joseph Dolby Myers. 
Delegates to the General Society — Gov. Elias Carr, Graham Daves, Samuel 
A'Court Ashe, Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 
Alternates — Hon. Kemp Plummer Battle, LL. D., James Dodge Glenn, Peter 
Evans Hines, M. D., Frank Battle Dancy, William Kearny Carr. 

Total Membership, - - - 24 



SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS. 

Instituted December 4, 1893. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Illinois, February 22, 1894. 

OFFICERS : 
President, Rev. Walter Delafield. 
Vice-President, Thomas Floyd-Jones. 
Secretary, Robert Patterson Benedict. 
Assistant Secretary, Richard Hoppin Wyman. 
Treasurer, James Frank Kelly. 
Chaplain, Rt. Rev. Charles Reuben Hale. 
Registrar, Arthur Leffingwell. 
■ Historian, Alexander Ramsey Thompson. 
Board of Managers — Rev. Walter Delafield, Robert Patterson Benedict, Arthur 
Leffingwell, John Whipple Hill, Thomas Floyd-Jones, James Frank Kelly, 
Rt. Rev. Charles Reuben Hale, John Crocker Foote, Alexander Ramsey 
Thompson. 
Delegates to the General Society — Rev. Walter Delafield, James Frank Kelly, 
Thomas Floyd-Jones, Rt. Rev. Edward William McLaren, Arthur Leffing- 
well. 
Alternates — Rt. Rev. Charles Reuben Hale, Homer Wise, Frank Rhees Seelye, 
Walter Channing Wyman, Henry Walbridge Dudley. 

Total Membership, - - - - 35 



SOCIETY OF MISSOURI. 

Instituted February 22, 1894. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, D. D., S. T. D. 

First l^ice-President, Hon. Henry Hitchcock. 

Second yice-President, James Lawrence Blair. 

Secretary, Henry Cadle. 
j4ssistant Secretary, Ewing McGready Sloan. 
Registrar, General James Harding. 
Treasurer, Henry Purkitt, Wyman. 
Chaplain, Rev. Henry Lewis Foote. 
Historian, Prof. Alexander Frederick Fleet, A. M., LL. D. 
Marshal, Thomas Jefferson Preston. 
Board of Managers — Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, James Lawrence Blair, 
Freeman Augustus Post, Wallace Delafield, Gist Blair, Hon. Charles 
William Sloan, Hon. Henry Hitchcock, Henry Cadle, Curtis Burnham 
Rollins, Hon. Henry Watkins Ewing, Hon. Chauncey Forwood Schultz, 
Hon. Daniel Smith Alvord. 
Delegates to the General Society — Henry Cadle, Dr. John Green, Hon. Ira Barnes 

Hyde, Edward Tutt Rollins, Ethan Allen Hitchcock. 
Alternates — Dr. Martin Hayward Post, John Andrew Jackson Schultz, Charles 
Hadley Wyman, Herbert Edward Tuttle, Lieut. John Alexander Lockwood, 

U. S. A. 

Total Membership, - . - - 104 



SOCIETY OF FLORIDA. 

Organiced April, 1894. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Joseph Gaston Bullock, M. D. 

First Vice-President, Dr. George Troup Maxwell. 

Second Vice-President, Hon. George Washington Wylly. 

Secretary, E. F. Gilbert. 

Assistant Secretary, Archibald Hague. 

Treasurer, Dr. Charles J. Burroughs. 

Registrar, Charles D. Miller. 

Surgeon, Dr. J. N. D. Cloud. 

Chaplain, Rev. John B. Davis. 

Judge Advocate, 

Marshal, BaylisJ. Earle. 
Delegates to the General Society — Dr. Joseph G. Bulloch, Dr. George Troup 

Maxwell, Hon. G. W. Wylly, J. C. Getzen. 
Alternates (not appointed). 

Total Membership to date, - - 20. 

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SOCIETY OF ALABAMA. 

Instituted April i6, 1894. 



OFFICERS : 

President, James Edward Webb. 
Vice-Presidents, James Franklin Johnston, Dr. Frank Prince. 
Secretary, Thomas McAdory Owen. 
Treasurer, James Louis Sandefur. 
Registrar and Historian, Jesse Kiigore Brockman. 
Surgeon, Dr. Edward Pulaski Lacey. 
Chaplain, Dr. William Marmaduke Owen. 
Board of Managers — ^James E. Webb, Chairman, Robert Daniel Johnston, John 
McQueen, Thomas Jefferson Hickman, James F.Johnston, Edward Ennis 
Graham Roberts, Dr. Frank Prince, Dr. William M. Owen, James L. 
Sandefur, Jesse K. Brockman, Dr. E. P. Lacey, Thomas M. Owen. 
Delegates to the General Society — James E. Webb, Robert Daniel Johnston, 
Thomas Jefferson Hickman, Edward Ennis Graham Roberts, Dr. William 
M. Owen, Jesse K. Brockman. 

Alternates — ^John McQueen, James F. Johnston, Dr. Frank Prince, James L. 
Sandefur, Dr. E. P. Lacey, Thomas M. Owen. 



Total Membership, - - - ■ 24 



SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA. 

Instituted April 19, 1894. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of West Virginia, May 7, 1894. 



OFFICERS : 

President, John Marshall Hagans. 

Vice-President, John Daily. 

Secretary, Henry Haymond, 

Treasurer, William Clark McGew. 

Registrar and Historian, John George Gittings. 

Board of Managers — ^John Bassel, Charles Matthew Hart, Thomas Moore Jackson, 

John B. Hart, John George Gittings. 
Delegates to the General Society (not appointed). 



Total Membership to date, 



SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA. 

Instituted May 8, 1893. Incorporated May 15, 1893. 



OFFICERS : 

President, Holdridge Ozro Collins. 

Vice-President, Major William Anthony Elderkin, U. S. A. 

Secretary, Arthur Burnett Benton. 

Treasurer, John Miner Carey Marble. 

Historian, James Monroe Allen. 
Registrar, Edward Thomas Harden. 
Marshal, Frank Clarke Prescott. 
Delegates to the General Society — Holdridge Ozro Collins, Major William 
Anthony Elderkin, U. S. A., John Miner Carey Marble, Spencer Roane 
Thorpe, Josiah Alonzo Osgood. 
Alternates — James Monroe Allen, William Cleveland Aiken, Edward Thomas 
Harden, Willis Parris, Frank Clarke Prescott. 



Total Membership (June i8, 1894), - - - - 33 



SOCIETY OF OHIO. 

Organized May 9, 1893. 



OFFICERS : 

President, Edward Lowell Anderson. 

First y ice-President, George Eltweed Pomeroy. 

Second Vice-President, Asa Smith Bushnell. 

Third Vice-President, Christopher C. Waite. 

Fourth Vice-President, 

Secretary, Achilles Henry Pugh. 

Treasurer, Ralph Peters. 

Historian, Gustavus Scott Franklin. 

Registrar, John Marshall Newton. 

Chaplain, Rev. Dudley W. Rhodes. 

Board of Managers — ^Jeptha Garrard, Dr. Joseph E. Boylan, Telford Groesbeck, 

George Merrell, Asa Bushnell Morgan, Levi Candee Weir, Captain Thomas 

Gerry Townsend, Perin Langdon, Frank Johnston Jones. 



Total Membership (to June 14, 1894), - - - 105 

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SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT. 

Instituted May 24, 1893. 
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Connecticut, September 7, 1893. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Dwight Morris. 

y ice-President, Hon. Daniel Nash Morgan. 

Secretary, Cyrus Sherwood Bradley. 

Treasurer, Henry Walton Wessells.. 

Registrar, Nathan Gillette Pond. 
Chaplain, Rev. Alexander Hamilton. 
Board of Managers — Satterlee Swartwout, William Freeman French, M. D., 
Colonel George Bliss Sanford, Rev. Henry N. Wayne, Chief Engineer 
Louis J. Allen, U. S. N., Jesup Wakeman, Simon Couch Shervi'ood, 
Augustus Floyd Delafield, John Smith Jones. 
Delegates to the General Society — Dwight Morris, Rev. Alexander Hamilton, 

Nathan Gillette Pond, Satterlee Swartwout, Jesup Wakeman. 
Alternates — Augustus Floyd Delafield, Edward Wood Riker, Robert Clark 
Morris, D. C. L., Rev. Henry N. Wayne, Rev. N. Ellsworth Cornwall. 



Total Membership to date, ----- 47 



SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

Organized June 19, 1893. 

OFFICERS : 

President, Rev. Henry Emerson Hovey. 

Vice-President, Alexander Hamilton Campbell. 

Secretary, Thomas E. O. Marvin. 

Treasurer, Stephen Decatur. 

Registrar, Harry B. Cilley. 

Historian, Professor Raphael Pumpelly. 

Chaplain, Rev. Alfred Langdon Elwyn. 

Board of Managers — Samuel S. Green, Chairman, Thomas E. O. Marvin, Harry 

Bouton Cilley, Alexander Hamilton Campbell, Stephen Decatur, Prof. 

Raphael Pumpelly, Rev. Alfred Langdon Elwyn, Marcus M. Collis. 

Delegates to the General Society — Rev. Henry E. Hovey, Stephen Decatur, Rev. 

Alfred Langdon Elwyn, Harry Bouton Cilley. 



Total Membership to date, - • • - 14 

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THE CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
REVOLUTION. 



It being evident, from the steady decline of a proper celebra- 
tion of the National holidays of the United States of America, 
that popular concern in the events and men of the War of the 
Revolution is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest 
is attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly 
increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries, as to the 
neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes, to 
perform their duty in keeping before the public mind the mem- 
ory of the services of their ancestors and of the times in which 
they lived ; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution 
has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in 
the military, naval, and civil service of the Colonies and of the 
Continental Congress, by their acts or counsel achieved the in- 
dependence of the country, and to further the proper celebration 
of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prom- 
inent events connected with the War of the Revolution ; to col- 
lect and secure for preservation the rolls, records, and other 
documents relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the 
Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and to pro- 
mote the feeling of friendship among them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State Societies, 
which shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their 
respective by-laws, and oftener if found expedient ; and at such 
annual meeting the reasons for the institution of the Society shall 
be considered and the best measures for carrying them into effect 
adopted. 

The State Societies, at each annual meeting, shall choose, by 
a majority of the votes present, a president, a vice-president, a 
secretary, a registrar, a treasurer, a chaplain, and such other offi- 



1 6 ^on^ of the ^tvoMxm, 

cers as may by them respectively be deemed necessary, together 
with a board of managers consisting of these officers and of nine 
other members, all of whom shall retain their i-espective positions 
until their successors are duly chosen. 

Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually, or 
oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular-letter calling at- 
tention to whatever may be thought worthy of observation re- 
specting the welfare of the Society or of the general union of the 
States, and giving information of the officers chosen for the 
year ; and copies of these letters shall also be transmitted to the 
general secretary to be preserved among the records of the Gen- 
eral Society. 

The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their 
own affairs, consistent with the general good of the Society ; 
judge of the qualification of their members, or of those proposed 
for membership, subject, however, to the provisions of this Con- 
stitution ; and expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming 
a gentleman or a man of honor, or by an opposition to the inter- 
ests of the community in general or the Society in particular, 
may render himself unworthy to continue in membership. 

In order to form funds that may be respectable, each member 
shall contribute upon his admission to the Society, and annually 
thereafter, such sums as the By-Laws of the respective State 
Societies may require ; but any of such State Societies may pro- 
vide for the endowment of memberships by the payment of 
proper sums in capitalization, which sums shall be properly in- 
vested as a permanent fund, the income only of which shall be 
expended. 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held every 
three years, and special meetings may be held upon the order of 
the genei-al president, or upon the request of two of the State 
Societies, and such meetings shall consist of the general officers 
and a representation not exceeding five deputies from each State 
Society, and the necessary expenses of such meeting shall be 
borne by the State Societies. 

At the regular meeting a general president, vice-president, 
secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and 
chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of the votes present to 



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serve until the next regular general meeting, or until their suc- 
cessors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular-letters which have been 
transmitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and 
all measures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of 
the Society. 

The General Society shall have power, at any meeting, to ad- 
mit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and detei'mine all 
questions affecting the qualification for membership in or the 
welfare of any State Society as may by proper memorial be 
presented by such State Society for consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good 
character, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or 
marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service under 
the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States, or of the 
Continental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such 
authority, or a descendant of one who signed the Declaration of 
Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental 
Congress or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or 
as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such 
legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of 
American Independence by services rendered during the War of 
the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason 
against the government of Great Britain, but remaining always 
loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible 
to membership in the Society. 

The secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the 
general secretary a list of the members thereof, together with the 
names and official designations of those from whom such members 
derive claim to membership ; and thereafter, upon the admission 
of members in each State Society, the secretary^ thereof shall 
transmit to the general secretary information respecting such 
members similar to that therein required. 

The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge 
suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold ; the badge to be 
elliptical in form, with scalloped edges, one and one-quarter 
inches in length, and one and one-eighth inches in width ; the 
whole surmounted by a gold eagle, with wings displayed in- 



1 8 ^ttm of iUt ^tvalutim, 

verted; on the obverse side a medallion of gold in the centre, 
elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of a soldier in 
Continental uniform with musket slung ; beneath, the figures 1 775 » 
the medallion surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five 
points each upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse 
side, in the centre, a medallion corresponding in form to that on 
the obverse, and, also in gold, bearing on its face the Houdon 
porti-ait of Washington in bas-relief, encircled by the legend. 
Sons of the Revolution; beneath, the figures 1883; and upon 
the reverse of the eagle the number of the badge to be engraved ; 
the medallion to be surrounded by a plain gold border conform- 
ing in dimensions to the obverse ; the ribbon shall be dark blue, 
ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and one-quarter inches 
wide, and one and one-half inches in displayed length. 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on 
all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose 
or celebration, and may be worn on any occasions of ceremony ; 
it shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members 
who are or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia 
suspended from the ribbon around the neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the general secretary, 
who shall issue them to members of the Society under such 
proper rules as may be formulated by the General Society, and 
he shall keep a register of such issues wherein each insignia 
issued may be identified by the number thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths inches in 
diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a Minute-Man in 
Continental uniform, standing on a ladder leading to a belfry ; 
in his left hand he holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst 
his right grasps a bell rope ; above, the cracked Liberty Bell, 
issuing therefrom a ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, 
Exegi monum.entum cere perennius ; across the top of the 
ladder, on a ribbon, the figures 1776; and on the left of the 
Minute-Man, and also on a ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of 
the formation of the Society ; the whole encircled by a band 
thi-ee-eighths of an inch wide ; thereon at the top thirteen stars 
of five points each ; at the bottom the name of the General 
Society, or of the State Society to which the seal belongs. 



SOCIETY OF 

THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION 

!N THE 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

[Incorporated on the i8th day of December, 1889.] 



BY=LAWS. 

SECTION I. 

Members shall be elected as follows : Candidates shall send 
their respective applications and documents, or other proofs of 
qualification for membership, through the Secretary, to the Board 
of Managers, which is authorized to judge of the merits of an ap- 
plication in such manner as it may deem best. Upon a favorable 
decision of said Board, and upon payment of the initiation fee, 
applicants shall thereupon become members of the Society. 

No person shall be admitted to membership unless he shall 
have first made written application therefor, approved by two 
members, over their signatures. 

SECTION II. 

The initiation fee shall be five dollars ; the annual dues, three 
dollars ; or the payment at one time of seventy-five dollars shall 
constitute a life member, and the member so paying shall thence- 
forth be exempt from the payment of annual dues. 

Members admitted during the last quarter of any year shall be 
exempted from the payment of dues for that year. 

Any member who may contribute one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars to the permanent use of the Society shall be exempt from 
the payment of annual dues, and this exemption shall extend in 



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perpetuity to his lineal successors in membership, one at a time, 
who may be selected for such exemption by the Society. 

SECTION III. 

In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist 
the unfortunate, all life-membership fees or donations for the 
purpose which shall hereafter be paid the Society shall remain 
forever to the use of the Society ; the interest only of which, if 
necessary, to be appropriated to the relief of the unfortunate. 

SECTION IV. 

The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the third day of 
December in every year, at which a general election of officers 
by ballot shall take place, except when such date shall fall on 
Sunday, in which case the meeting shall be held on the follow- 
ing day. In such election, a majority of the ballots given for any 
office shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no per 
son shall receive such majority, then a further balloting shall 
take place in which a plurality of votes given for any office shall 
determine the choice therefor. 

SECTION V. 

At all meetings of the Society one-quarter of the total mem- 
bership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

SECTION VI. 

The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or in his 
absence, a chairman J)ro tempore, shall preside at all meetings 
of the Society and of the Board of Managers, and shall exercise 
the usual functions of a presiding officer, under general parlia- 
mentary rules, subject to an appeal to the Society in proper cases 
under those rules. The President shall be, ex officio, a member 
of all committees. He shall represent the Society in every coun- 
cil for which the Society shall not have chosen a representative 
either specially for such ouncil or for a definite period during 
which such Council may be called. 



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He shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings of the 
Society at such times as he may see fit. 

He shall also perform such other representative duties on behalf 
of the Society, either personally or by correspondence, as it or 
the Board of Managers may find desirable or necessary, or as 
customarily appertain to his office, and shall enforce a strict ob- 
servance of the Constitution, By-Laws, and Standing Regulations. 

In case of his decease, resignation, neglect to serve, or inability 
from any cause to act as President, the duties of the office shall 
devolve on the Vice-President, until the vacancy caused by such 
decease, resignation, or neglect to serve, shall be filled, or until 
the inability shall cease. 

SECTION VII. 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the 
Society and keep a record thereof. He shall notify all qualified 
and accepted candidates of their admission, and perform such 
other duties as the Society, Board of Managers, or his office may 
require of him. He shall have charge of the seal, by-laws, 
historical and other documents and records of the Society other 
than those required to be deposited with the Registrar and 
Historian, and shall affix the seal to all properly authenticated 
certificates of membership, and transmit the same without delay 
to the member for whom it is issued or to his proper repre- 
sentative. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify 
all acts of the Society, and, in proper cases, authenticate them 
under seal. He shall have charge of all printing and publica- 
tions directed by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He 
shall give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the 
Society, and of the Board of Managers, and shall attend the 
same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the pro- 
ceedings and orders of the Society, and of the Board of Managers, 
and shall give notice to the several officers of all votes, orders, 
resolves, and proceedings of the Society or the Board of Man- 
agers, affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties ; 
and, at the annual meeting, and oftener if required, shall report 
to the Society the names of those candidates who have been 
admitted to membership, and also the names of those mem- 



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bers whose resignations or voluntary withdrawals have been con- 
sented to and accepted, and also the names of those members who 
have been expelled or dropped for non-payment of dues, or who 
have been received or dropped from the roll by transfer since the 
last report. In his absence from any meeting, a Secretary p7'o 
tempore may be designated therefor. 

SECTION VIII. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities 
of the Society ; and as often as those funds shall amount to one 
hundred dollars they shall be deposited in some bank in the City 
of Washington to the credit of the Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution, and shall be drawn thence on the check of the 
Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these 
funds he shall pay svich sums only as may be ordered by the Society 
or by the Board of Managers, and shall perform such other duties 
as the Society, Board of Managers, or his office may require of 
him. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, 
and, at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, 
when a committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

For the faithful performance of his duty he shall give such 
security as the Society, or Board of Managers in lieu of its action 
thereon, may from time to time require. 

SECTION IX. 

At every annual meeting the President may designate a Chap- 
lain and a Historian for the ensuing year from among the mem- 
bers ; and in case of the happening of a vacancy in either of these 
offices, the President may, in like manner, fill such vacancy for 
the unexpired term. 

The Chaplain shall be a regvdarly ordained minister of a 
Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to open and 
close all meetings with customary chaplaincy service, and per- 
form such other duties as ordinarily pertain to such office. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all the historical 
and commemorative celebrations of the Society ; he shall edit and 
prepare for publication such historical addresses, essays, papers 



and other documents of an historical character, other than a 
Register of Members, as the Secretary may be reqviired to pvib- 
lish ; and at every annual meeting, if there shall be a necrological 
list for the year then closing, he shall submit the same with 
carefully prepared biographies of the deceased members. 

SECTION X. 

The Board of Managers shall be fifteen, namely : The Presi- 
dent, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Chap- 
lian, ex officio, and nine other members, who shall be elected at 
the annual meeting in every year in the same manner as the 
officers of the Society. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of every candidate who 
shall make proper application for admission to the Society, and 
shall have power to admit him to membership therein if found 
eligible under the Constitution. 

They may arrange for commemorative celebrations by the 
Society. 

They shall recommend plans to the Society for promoting its 
purposes, and, when practicable, may digest and prepare business 
for its meetings. 

They shall generally superintend the interests and shall have 
the control and management of the affairs and funds of the So- 
ciety, as authorized by law. They shall also perform such duties 
as may be prescribed by the Constitution or By-Laws, or re- 
quired by any standing regulation or resolve of the Society. 
They shall be competent to consent to and to accept the resigna- 
tion or voluntary withdrawal from membership of any enrolled 
member of the Society. 

They shall supervise all publications issued in its name, and 
they may require the attendance of any member of the Society 
enrolled therein, or any Committee thereof, at any meeting, for 
consultation and advice. 

The Board of Managers shall meet as often as they may desire, 
or at the call of the President, or upon the written request of 
any three members of the same. 

Five of the Board of Managers shall be a quorum for the trans- 
action of business. 



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At every annual meeting they shall submit to the Society a 
general report of their proceedings during the year then closing. 

SECTION XI. 

The Registrar shall have possession of all documents pertain- 
ing to the descent of members of the Society. He shall also keep 
an accurate Register of members of the Society. 

SECTION XII. 

Upon the demand of five members at any meeting of the So- 
ciety the ayes and nays shall be called on any pending motion or 
resolve which may be voted upon and duly entered on the min- 
utes. 

SECTION XIII. 

No person who may be enrolled as a member in this Society 
shall be permitted to continue in membership where the proofs 
of claim of qualification by descent are found to be defective and 
insufficient to substantiate such claim, or not properly authenti- 
cated. The Society or the Board of Managers may, at any time 
after thirty days' notice to such person to propei^ly substantiate 
or avithenticate his claim, require the Secretary to erase his name 
from the list of members, and such person shall thereupon cease 
to be a member : Provided^ He shall have failed or neglected to 
comply satisfactorily with such notice. 

Where the Board of Managers shall direct the erasure of a 
person's name for a cause comprehended under this section, such 
person shall have a right of appeal to the next annual meeting ; 
but he shall not be restored to membership unless by a majority 
vote on that occasion, or at a subsequent meeting to which the 
consideration of the appeal may have been specifically postponed. 

SECTION XIV. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any en- 
rolled member of this Society who, by conduct unbecoming a 
gentleman and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the inter- 



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ests of the community in general, or of this' Society in particular, 
may render himself unworthy to continue a member, or who 
shall persistently transgress, or, without good excuse, wilfully 
neglect the performance of any obligation enjoined'by the Con- 
stitution, or by these By-Laws, or by any standing regulation of 
this Society : Provided ., That he shall have received at least ten 
days' notice of the complaint preferred against him,'and^of the 
time and place for hearing the same, and] have been thereby 
afforded an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. 

Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have involved tur- 
pitude or moral unworthiness, any member thus expelled may, 
upon the recommendation of the Board of Managers, but not 
otherwise, be restored to membership by the Society at any meet- 
ing. 

The Board of Managers shall also have power to drop from 
the Roll the name of any enrolled member of the Society who 
shall be at least two years in arrears in the payment of dues, and 
who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so 
within ten days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his 
membership shall cease and determine, but he may be restored 
to membership at any time by the Board of Managers on his ap- 
plication therefor, and upon his payment of all such arrears and 
of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped to the 
date of his restoration. The Board of Managers may also sus- 
pend any officer from the performance of his duties for cause, 
which proceeding must be reported to the Society and acted upon 
by it within thirty days, either by rescission of the suspension or 
removal of the suspended officer fi-om office, or otherwise the 
suspension shall cease. 

SECTION XV. 

Whenever an officer of this Society shall die, resign, or neglect 
to serve, or be unable to properly perform the duties of his office 
by reason of absence, sickness, or other cause, the President shall 
have power to appoint a member to such office fro tempore^ who 
shall act in such capacity until the Society shall elect a successor, 
or until the inability due to " absence, sickness, or other cause" 
shall cease : Provided^ however^ That the office of President 



26 Mon^ of ikt '§,tvo\uiwtt, 

shall not thus be filled when there shall be a Vice-President to 
enter upon its duties. 

Subject to these provisions, all officers of the Society and the 
members of the Board of Managers shall, from the time of their 
election or appointment, continue in their respective offices until 
the next annual meeting, and imtil their respective successors 
shall be duly chosen. 

SECTION XVI. 

No resignation or voluntary w^ithdravval from membership of 
any member enrolled in this Society shall become effective as a 
release from the obligations thereof, unless consented to and ac- 
cepted by the Board of Managers. 

SECTION XVII. 

It shall be a Standing Rule that, upon the decease of any 
member residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the Society, 
notice thereof and of the time and place of the funeral shall be 
given by the Secretary by publication, and it shall thereupon be- 
come the duty of the members, when practicable, to attend the 
obsequies. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of a mem- 
ber, resident as stated, shall make it his business to see that the 
Secretary is promptly notified of the fact. 

SECTION XVIII. 

No amendment to these By-Laws shall be made except upon 
the unanimous consent of a quorum of the Board of Managers, 
or of two-thirds of a quorum of the Society present at a regularly 
called meeting. 

SECTION XIX. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary, 
by written communication, of his place of residence and of any 
change thereof, and of his post-office address. 

Service of any notice under the Constitution or under these 
By-Laws upon any member of the Society, addressed to him at 
his last recorded place of residence or post-office address and for- 
warded by mail, shall be deemed sufficient service of such notice. 



(nim6«6^ip (Bo«. 



[Members who observe any errors in this roll will please inform the 
Registrar.] 

JOHN B. ABBOTT, 

Grandson of Amos Abbott, Captain in Joshua Abbott's 
Company, Col. John Stark's Regiment. Was a United 
States pensioner at time of death. 

ANTHONY COLLIS ADDISON, 

Great-great-grandson of Andrew Leitch, Major Vii'ginia 
Continental Line. Kill'ed at the action of Harlaem 
Heights, 1776. 

PHILIP ROUNSEVILLE ALGER, 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Levi Rounseville, 9th Massa- 
chusetts Regiment. 

HENRY TUREMAN ALLEN, 

Great-grandson of Major John Allen. 

DAVIS CARNEAL ANDERSON, 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry ; original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

EDWARD LOWELL ANDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Richard Clough Anderson, Captain and 
Lieutenant-Colonel 5th Virginia Continental Line ; Brig- 
adier-General Virginia militia ; Aide-de-Camp to Lafay- 
ette, and original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

FREDERICK POPE ANDERSON, 

Grandson of Brig. -Gen. Richard Clough Anderson, 6th 
Regiment Virginia Continental Infantry ; original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

GEORGE BURGWYN ANDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Percival Butler, 2d Lieutenant 3d Penn- 
sylvania Regiment ; served until the surrender at York- 
town ; orignal member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



28 ^otts 0f tftc 3tV0\uti0n, 

GEORGE SMITH ANDERSON, 

Great-great-grandson of Gauin McCoy, Captain ist Bat- 
talion Somerset County (New Jersey) State Troops. 

EBEN DODGE APPLETON, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge, of Ipswich, Lieutenant, 
Captain, Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Troops. 

DAVISSON ARMSTRONG, 

Grandson of William Armstrong, Ensign Capt. William 
Bratten's Company, Col. William Irvine's Regiment, yth 
Pennsylvania Line. 

JOSEPH LEICESTER ATKINS, 

Great-grandson of David Adams, 2d Lieutenant ist Regi- 
ment South Carolina Infantry. 

WILLIAM WATSON AYRES, 

Great-grandson of John Ayres, of Dauphin County, Penn- 
sylvania ; in 1775 a private in Capt. Matthew Smith's 
Company of Riflemen, and afterward in Capt. James 
Murray's Company, of Col. James Burd's Fourth Bat- 
talion, of Lancaster County. 

Great-great-grandson of William Ayres, a private in Capt. 
James Murray's Compay, of Col. James Burd's Fourth 
Battalion, of Lancaster County. 

RICHARD N. BATCHELDER, 

Great-grandson of Nathan Batchelder, member Committee 
of Safety, and of 3d and 4th Provincial Congresses, 
1775 ; Major, Col. Stickney's Regiment, New Hampshire 
Line. 

CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE, 

Great-great-grandson of Casparus Conyn, Captain of 5th 
Company, 8th Regiment, Claverock Battalion, New York 
Volunteers, 1775; member of Committee of Safety for 
Claverock District ; armed and equipped a company at his 
own expense. 

GEORGE HERBERT BEAMAN, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Beaman, a soldier in Captain 
Benjamin Houghton's Company, Massachusetts Troops. 



Petnlrftsffeip ^utl. 29 

LAURENCE V. BENET, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Helm, ist Lieutenant 3d 
Battalion Virginia Forces. 

FRANK H. BIGELOW, 

Great-great-grandson of Josiah Bigelow, Lieutenant, Capt. 
Israel Whitmore's Militia Company of Artillery. 

Great-grandson of Convers Bigelow, private Capt. Samuel 
Lawson's Militia Company. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Travis, private Capt. Benjamin 
Gates' Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776 ; private, 
Lieut. Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private 
Capt. Abel Holden's Company, Col. Nickson's Regiment, 
May, 1778. 

Great-grandson of Nathan Hagar, private Capt. Benjamin 
Gates' Company, Col. Manter's Regiment, 1776; private, 
Lieut. Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and private, 
Capt. Abel Holden's Company, Col. Nixon's Regiment, 
May, 1778. 

BENJAMIN LEWIS BLACKFORD, 

Grandson of John Minor, of Hazel Hill ; cadet and private 

under General Nelson. 
Great-grandson of John Minor, of Caroline, Major in the 

Virginia Line. 

MONTGOMERY BLAIR, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General 
Continental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, Capt. Taylor's 
Company, New^ Hampshire Troops, 1775; Signer Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee of 
Safety and Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under Gen. Sulli- 
van, 1 77^5 3d Officer of Capt. Dennis' ship ; promoted 
to ist Lieutenant. 

Grandson of James Woodbury, Signer Declaration of Revo- 
lution, 1776. 



WOODBURY BLAIR, 

Great-grandson of Nathaniel Gist, Colonel and General 
Continental Army. 

Great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, of Captain Taylor's 
Company, New Haiiipshire Troops, 1775; Signer Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee 
of Safety and Delegate to State Convention. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer under General 
Sullivan, 1778; 3d Officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; pro- 
moted to 1st Lieutenant. 

Grandson of James Woodbury, Signer Declaration of Rev- 
olution, 1776. 

THOMAS BLAGDEN, 

Great-grandson of General Gold Selleck Silliman, Colonel 
4th Connecticut Militia; May, 1776, Colonel in regular 
service; August, 1776, Brigadier-General; June, 1776, 
appointed by the Legislature to command all the Cavalry 
of Connecticut. 

STANHOPE E. BLUNT, 

Great-great grandson of John Blunt, a member of the New 
Hampshire Legislature, 177S to 1781. 

FRANK BOWERS BOURN, 

Great-great-grandson of John Wilcox, one of the officers 
assisting General Barton in the capture of Major-General 
Prescott, July 9, 1777. 

ALLEN RICHARDS BOYD, 

Great-grandson of Ebenezer Clapp, Lieutenant Colonel of 
the 13th Massachusetts Infantry from January i, 1776. 

BENJAMIN BOYLAN BRADFORD, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Kellett Bradford, Captain, Aide- 
de-Camp to General George Weedon, a member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

DAVID J. BREWER, 

Great-grandson of Timothy Field, Sergt. -Major 7th Con- 
necticut Regiment, 1776; ist Lieutenant, afterwards 
Captain, of Connecticut Company raised to protect the 
shore, 17S1. 



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JOHN JONES BRICE, 

Great-grandson of Col. Benjamin Wilson, commanding Vir- 
ginia Troops, and Delegate to Convention. 

Gi'eat-grandson of William Brice, Ensign in Pennsylvania 
Line under Col. Evan Evans, Lieutenant under Colonel 
Sterling, and commissioned Captain by General Washing- 
ton. 

ALBERT FRANKLIN BROOKS, 

Grandson of Joshua Brooks, private in Capt. Wm. Smith's 

Company, Col. Abijah Pierce's Regiment of Minute Men. 
Great-grandson of Daniel Batchelder, pi-ivate in Capt. Philip 

Putnam's Company, Col. Moses Nichols' New Hampshire 

Regiment. 
Great-grandson of Caleb Maynard, private in Capt. Abijah 

Smith's Company, Col. Enoch Hale's New^ Hampshire 

Regiment. 

BARRY BULKLEY, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Peacock, Sergeant Capt. 
Van Keuren's Company, Col. Nev^kirk's Regiment, New 
York State Troops. 
WILLIAM DANIEL CABELL, 

Great-grandson of William Cabell, member of the Revolu- 
tionary Conventions, and of the Virginia Committee of 
Safety. 

CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL, 

Great-great-grandson of Elias Dayton, Brigadier-General 
Continental Army. 

WILLIAM KEARNEY CARR, 

Great-great-grandson of Jonas Johnson, Major of North 
Carolina Militia, who died of wounds received at battle of 
Stono. 

JOHN LEE CARROLL, 

Great-grandson of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. 
CHARLES SHIRLEY CARTER, 

Great-grandson of Thomas Nelson, Jr., Signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence ; Commander-in-Chief of Vir- 
ginia State Forces ; Governor of Virginia ; Major-General 
Yorktown Campaign. 



32 ^on» of ilxt ^tva niim, 

ROBERT S. CHILTON, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of George Brent, member of Commit- 
tee of Safety and Observation of Stafford County, Vir- 
ginia, July, 1774, to devise means to resist the tax of Great 
Britain, and to encourage the people of Boston. 

FRANCIS W. H. CLAY, 

Great-great-grandson of Green Clay, a Delegate to the Vir- 
ginia Convention. 

Great-great-grandson of Ezekiel Herrick, Captain in com 
mand of a company in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga. 

Great-great-grandson of Thos. Lew^is, Second Lieutenant 
15th Virginia Regiment, 1776; ist Lieutenant, 1777. Regi- 
ment was renamed nth Virginia on 14th of September, 
1777. He vv^as retired as Colonel in February, 1781. 

GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE, 

Great-grandson of David Carswell, a private in Captain 
Sharswood's Company, Colonel Levv^is Graham's New 
York regiment. 

HENRY CLARKE CORBIN, 

Great-grandson of John Corbin, private 3d Regiment Vir- 
ginia Line. 

SEYMOUR CUNNINGHAM, 

Great-grandson of Col. Johannes Knickerbocker, of the 
14th Regiment, Albany (New York) County Militia. 

RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT, 

Great-grandson of Richard Graham, member of Committee 
of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Vir- 
ginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of 
the Revolution. 

Gi'eat-great-grandson of George Brent, member Committee 
of Safety and Observation, Staffoi"d County, Virginia. 

Great-great-gi"eat-grandson of Judge Charles Jones, Com- 
missioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first 
Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland (1777). 

Great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, Sr., member 
Committee of Safety and Observation of Charles County, 
Maryland; also member Maryland Convention, 1774. 



Great-grandson of Jonathan Davenport, of Rhode Island, 
private in Colonel Archibald Crary's Regiment. 

LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Santford, Capt. Spencer's 
additional regiment Continental Line ; original member 
of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

Great-grandson of Matthew Davis, Major and Commissary 
of Nev^ York Militia. 

ALEXANDER TRACY DEAN, U. S. Army, 

Great-grandson of Robert Whitehill, member of the Con- 
tinental Congress, 1776; Council of Safety, 1777; and 
of Supreme Executive Council, 1779. 

Great-great-grandson of Joseph Crain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. 
Richard McQueene's Company, Colonel Timothy Greene's 
Battalion, Lancaster County, 1776 ; Captain 6th Battalion, 
Col. John Rogers. 

Great-grandson of Richard M. Crain, of Hanover, Pa., Col- 
onel of Pennsylvania Militia; served in War of i8i2-'i4. 

Great-great-grandson of Moses Maynard, who was mustered 
for Burgoyne's campaign, August 22, 1777, in Captain 
Wales' Company, Colonel John Lattimer's Regiment. 

RICHARD CRAIN DEAN, 

Great-grandson of Moses Maynard, who was mustered for 
Burgoyne's campaign, August 22, i777? '^^ Captain 
Wales' Company, Colonel Jonathan Lattimer's Regiment. 

Great-grandson of Robert Whitehill, member of Convention 
which ratified Declaration of Independence, 1776; Coun- 
cil of Safety, 1777; and of Supreme Executive Council, 
1779. 

Great-grandson of Joseph Crain, ist Lieutenant, Captain 
Richai'd McQueene's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's 
Battalion, Lancaster County, Pa., 1776; Captain 6th 
Battalion, Col. John Rogers. 

CHARLES DODGE, Jr., 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge of Ipswich, ist Lieutenant 
of Gerrish's Massachusetts Regiment, Continental Army ; 
subsequently Captain, Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts 
Militia ; served in the Revolutionary War. 



34 <^otti8i ^^ th« Revolution. 

HARRISON HOWELL DODGE, 

Great-grandson of Robert Dodge ; Lieutenant, Captain, 
Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Volunteers ; served 
during the entire war. 

PICKERING DODGE, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard, who, with others, dis- 
guised as Indians, threw the tea overboard from the 
'''■ Dartmouth " in Boston Harbor, December i6, 1773. 

GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 

Great-great-grandson of Asa Douglas, Major 17th Regi- 
ment, King's District, New York (Wm. B. Whiting, 
Colonel). 
Great-great-grandson of David Sutherland, Colonel 6th Reg- 
iment^ Dutchess County, N. Y. 
RICHARD THOMAS WALKER DUKE, Jr., 

Great-grandson of William Eskridge, First Lieutenant and 
Adjutant 2d Virginia Regiment, Colonial Establish- 
ment. 
CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON, 

Great-grandson of Col. William Douglas, of the 6th Regi- 
ment Connecticut Line. 
EUGENE ELLICOTT, 

Great-great-grandson of Daniel Carroll. 
GEORGE HENRY ELLIOT, 

Great-grandson of John Tidd, of Lexington, a member of 
Capt. Parker's Company of Minute Men. 
WILLIAM GEORGE ELLIOT, 

Great-great-grandson of John Tidd, of Lexington, a mem- 
ber of Captain Parker's Company of Minute-Men. 
JOHN HABERSHAM ELLIOTT, 

Grandson of William Elliott, private in Captain Edward 
Barnwell's Company, and Captain Alexander's Com- 
pany, South Carolina Troops. 
OSWALD HERBERT ERNST, 

Great-grandson of Dr. Ephraim Otis, member of the Revo- 
lutionary Committee appointed by the town of Scituate in 
1 774, and Surgeon in the War. 



mmlxtxMv Ion. 35 

ROYAL T. FRANK, 

Grandson of James Frank, a private in Capt. Samuel Noyes' 
Company, Col. Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment ; served 
from 1775 to 1779. 

SAMUEL RHOADS FRANKLIN, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Rhoads, member of the 
First Congress. 

Great-grandson of Col. Jonas Simonds, of the 6th Conti- 
nental Infantry. 

DANIEL WEBSTER FLAGLER, 

Great-grandson of David Remington, a private in Col. Var- 
num's Regiment, Rhode Island Line, and Commander of a 
company under Col. Dyer. 

GUSTAVUS SCOTT FRANKLIN, 

Great-grandson of Gustavus Scott, member " Association of 
Freemen," 1775; elected to Convention from Somerset 
County, 1774; also elected to Continental Congress, 1784. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Love, member of Commit- 
tee of Safety; also of Maryland Convention and Com- 
mittee of Observation. 

Great-great-grandson of Charles Jones, member Committee 
on Arms and Ammunition, Frederick County, Maryland, 
and Judge of Maryland Court, Frederick County, Mary- 
land. 

ARTHUR TAYLOR GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
Camp to General Washington ; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

EDMUND KENNEDY GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
Camp to General Washington; original member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati. 

RICHARD HENRY GOLDSBOROUGH, 

Great-grandson of Tench Tilghman, Colonel and Aide-de- 
Camp to General Washington ; original member of the- 
Society of the Cincinnati. 



36 ^on^ of tUt l^^volutiott. 

GREEN CLAY GOODLOE, 

Great-great-grandson of Green Clay, Delegate to the Virginia 
Convention. 

Great-grandson of James Speed, Lieutenant in Cocke's Vir- 
ginia Militia Regiment. 

GEORGE FORREST GREEN, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

OSCEOLA C. GREEN, 

Grandson of Lieut. -Col. Uriah Forrest, Maryland Line. 

EDWARD RANDOLPH GREER, 

Great-great-grandson of Eliphalet King, First Lieutenant in 
the 2 2d Regiment Continentals. 

JAMES AGUSTIN GREER, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 22d Conti- 
nental Regiment. 
JAMES WEBB GREER, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. Eliphalet King, of the 2 2d 
Continental Regiment. 

WILLIAM BROOKS GURLEY, 

Great-grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen 
at Ticonderoga, and with Stark at Bennington ; member 
of Board of Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 
1782. 
CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY, 

Great-grandson of Roswell Post, soldier with Ethan Allen 
at Ticonderoga, and with Stark at Bennington ; member 
of Board of Selectmen of Rutland, Vermont, 1780 and 
1782. 

FRANK WARREN HACKETT. 

Great-great-grandson of Jeremiah Hackett, Ensign in Col. 
Henry Gerrish's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia. 

MARK BURCKLE HATCH, 

Great-great-grandson of Moses Porter, Major Connecticut 

Volunteers, 1777. 
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL HAVERSTICK, 

Great-grandson of William Haverstick, Lieutenant Fourth 

Battalion, Philadelphia, Penn., Troops. 



JAMES HENRY HAYDEN, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Harrison, of Litchfield and 
New Guilford, Connecticut, Lieutenant in Col. Meades' 
military organization, 17S0. 
ROBERT CAIRNS HAYDEN, 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Harrison, of New Guilford 
and Litchfield, Conn., a Lieutenant in Col. Meades' 
militia regiment, 1780. 
GEORGE HENDERSON, 

Great-grandson of Colonel John Haslet, Commander ist Del- 
aware Regiment ; killed at the battle of Princeton, Jan- 
uary 3 ^ ^777- 
JAMES MALCOLM HENRY, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in First Conti- 
nental Artillery. 
Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, 
Maryland, 1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, 
Maryland. 
Great-great-grandson of David Crauf ord. Signer of the ' ' Dec- 
laration of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 1775; 
Commissioner of Revenue for the Support of the War ; 
member of the Committee of Safety and Observation; 
Delegate to Provincial Convention, i774-'5; and first 
Judge of Prince George's County, Maryland. 
JOHN WILLIAM HENRY, 

Great-grandson of John Henry, Captain in First Conti- 
nental Artillery. 
Great-great-grandson of Zachariah Forrest, member of Com- 
mittee of Safety and Observation for St. Mary's County, 
Maryland, 1774; and first Judge in St. Mary's County, 
Maryland. 
Great-great-grandson of David Crauf ord. Signer of the 
" Declaration of the Freemen of Maryland," July 25, 
1775; Commissioner of Revenue for the Support of the 
War ; member of the Committee of Safety and Observa- 
tion ; Delegate to Provincial Convention, 1774-5; ^^'^^ 
first Judge of Prince George's County, Maryland. 



38 ^onsi of i)xt ^ev0lttti0tt. 

HENRY HETH, 

Grandson of Harry Heth, Captain and Major ist Virginia 
Regiment; member of the Cincinnati. 

ROBERT HINCKLEY, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Hinckley, who was wounded at 
battle of White Plains, at the age of nineteen ; private in 
Col. Danforth Heyes' Regiment, 1777; served also in 
1778. 

ARTHUR BAINBRIDGE-HOFF, 

Great-great-grandson of John Hughes, Lieutenant 4th Penn- 
sylvania Regiment, and Brigade Quartermaster of Gen- 
eral Wayne's Brigade. 

ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, 

Great-grandson of Col. Mark Hopkins, ist Massachusetts 
Infantry. 

Great-gi'andson of Lieut. -Col. David Rossiter, 2d Massachu- 
setts Infantry. 

N. MONROE HOPKINS, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Ralph Cross, of Newbury 
port, Mass., Captain of Infantry; afterwards Lieut. -Col. 
of Col. Johnson's Regiment ; commanded a regiment at 
the surrender of Burgoyne ; he, with others, built the 
frigates '''■Hancock " '•'•Boston " and '■'•Protector." 

ALFRED BYRNE HORNER, 

Great-grandson of William Edmonds, Colonel First Battalion 
Virginia Militia, 1778. 

RICHARD HOVEY, 

Great-great-grandson of Benjamin Farnum, Captain in 
Colonel James Frye's Regiment. 

FREDERIC WOLTEHS HUIDEKOPER, 

Great-great-grandson of Judge Edward Shippen, President 
of the Committee of "Inspection and Observation " at 
Lancaster, Pa.; died, 1781. 

GAILLARD HUNT, 

Great-great-grandson of Robert R. Livingston. 



THOMAS HYDE, 

Great-grandson of Thomas Hyde, of Severn. 

THOMAS HYDE, Jr., 

Great-great-great-grandson of John Bull, Colonel ist Penn- 
sylvania Battalion, 1775; commissioned to treat with 
Indians, 1777; in command of Billingsport fortifications, 
and Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania in 1779 ; succeeded 
to command of 2d Brigade Pennsylvania Militia on capture 
of General Irwin ; Delegate to Provincial Conference, 
January and June, 1775 ; member of Pennsylvania Board 
of War and Council of Safety. 

FRANCIS JOSEPH IVES, 

Great-grandson of Asahel Ives of New Haven, Conn., pri- 
vate in 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. 

Great-great-grandson of Abraham Foote, Captain in Col. 
Andrew Ward's Regiment from May 8 to June 13, i777 » 
Captain in Col. Sheldon's Regiment of Militia at Tryon's 
invasion of Connecticut, July 5, i779' 
EDWARD B. IVES, 

Great-grandson of Asahel Ives, of New Haven, Conn., pri- 
vate in 13th Regiment Connecticut Militia. 

Great-great-grandson of Abraham Foote, Captain in Col. 
Andrew Ward's regiment from May 8 to June 13, i777 > 
Captain in Col. Sheldon's Regiment of Militia at Tryon's 
invasion of Connecticut, July 5, i779* 
RALPH JENKINS, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Gen. Moris Hatfield. 

R. DICKINSON JEWETT, 

Great-great-grandson of David H. Jewett, Surgeon in 
Continental Army. 

CUTHBERT BULLITT STEWART JONES, 

Great-great-grandson of James Dunlop, of Hopewell Town- 
ship, Pa., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania 
Regiment of the Continental Line, 
FRANgOIS CHARLES BARRIERE STEWART JONES, 

Great-great-grandson of James Dunlop, Lieutenant-Colonel 
of the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental 
Line. 



40 a^(f^^ of iUt '^tvaXntion. 

HENRY GREENWAY KEMP, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Gen. Thomas Nelson, Signer 
of the Declaration of Independence, Commander of Vir- 
ginia State forces, Governor of Virginia, and Major-Gen- 
eral in the Continental Army. 

LYMAN WALTER VERE KENNON, 

Great-grandson of Asaph Hall, First Lieutenant 4th Con- 
necticut Infantry, 1775; member of Connecticut Legis- 
lature and of the Constitutional Convention. 

MARK BRICKELL KERR, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Matthias Brickell, Hertford 
County Militia. 

CHARLES EUSTON KINCAID, 

Great-grandson of Ensign James Kincaid, of Capt. Joseph 
Kincaid's Company of Virginia Volunteers. 

Great-grandson of Thos. Waggmer, a Sergeant in Stan- 
ton's Company, Thornton's Regiment, Virginia Troops. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Peter Evans, Col. Wheeden's 
Virginia Regiment. 

JOHN B. LARNER, 

Great-great-grandson of Jacob Gideon, private in Captain 
Michael Rudolph Lee's Legion Cavalry ; trumpeter in 
Capt. Van Hare's Company, Washington Guards. 

JOHN JAY LANE, 

Great-grandson of John Wilson, a soldier in Capt. Robin- 
son's Company, Wayne's Battalion, during the Revolution. 

THOMAS WALCOTT LAY, 

Great-great-grandson of Asa Lay, Lieutenant, 1777, 5th 
Connecticut Regiment ; Colonel on Baron Steuben's Staff. 

CAZENOVE G. LEE, 

Great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee. 

ALEXANDER BROWN LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legar^, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 



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41 



BALIE PAYTON LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legard, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

HUGH SWINTON LEGARE, 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Legar^, member of Coun- 
cil of Safety and of Assembly of South Carolina. 

JEFFERSON M. LEVY, 

Great-grandson of Jonas Phillips, a private in Capt. John 
Linton's Company, Col. William Bradford's Battalion 
Philadelphia Militia ; afterwards mustered into U. S. ser- 
vice. 

Great-grandson of Benjamin Levy, Signer of the Non-im- 
portation Agreement and of Continental Bills of Credit. 

OSCAR FITZALLAN LONG, 

Great-grandson of Cornelius Mabie, ist Lieutenant 3d Com- 
pany Military Foot, Captain John Van Patten, Absolom 
Wemple, Colonel. 

EDWARD FARRAGUT LOOKER, 

Great-grandson of Othniel Looker, private, Colonel Mar- 
ten's Regiment, "Jersey Line," 1776; in Colonel Og- 
den's Regiment, i776-'7 ; in Colonel Marten's Regiment, 
New Jersey Militia, 1 777-'82. 

HENRY BRIGHAM LOOKER, 

Great-grandson of Othniel Looker, private in New Jersey 
and New York Regiments of Continental Troops. 

THOMAS HENRY LOOKER, 

Grandson of Othniel Looker, private in New Jersey and 
New York Regiments of Continental Troops. 

JOHN TRUE LOOMIS, 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, Captain in Col. Mc- 
Cobb's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, June to Septem- 
ber, 1779 ; Captain Militia of Lincoln County, Me., Maj. 
Wm. Lithgow, 1779; Captain Massachusetts Militia, 
under Brig.-Gen. Wadsworth, 1780. 



42 ^on^ ot tixt W^tvolniian, 

ALVIN MASON LOTHROP, 

Great-grandson of John Lothrop, of West Bridgewater, 
Mass., private in Capt. George Lewis's Company, Col. 
Freeman's Regiment, 1778. 

Great-grandson of Moses Richardson, of Woburn, Mass., 
private in Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt. Moses Whitney's 
Company, Col. John Greatoris' Regiment ; Sergeant in 
Captain Joseph Butler's Company, Col. John Nixon's 
Regiment, 1775. 
WILLIAM HARRISON LOWDERMILK, 

Great-grandson of Michael Kershner, of Fort Cumberland, 
Md., private, Capt. Philip Grayble's Company, Col. 
Housaker's Regiment, Maryland Line ; discharged, 1779. 

WOODBURY LOWERY, 

Great-great-grandson of Peter Woodbury, signer of the 
Declaration of Revolution, 1776, for the town of Amherst, 
N. H. ; private, Capt. Taylor's Company, 1775; mem- 
ber Committee of Safety, 1776; Delegate to State Con- 
vention. 

Great-great-grandson of James Woodbury, signer of Dec- 
laration of Revolution, 1776. 

Great-grandson of Asa Clapp, volunteer vmder Gen. Sullivan, 
1778; 3d officer of Capt. Dennis' ship; promoted to ist 
Lieut. 
JOHN MOORE McCALLA, Jr., 

Great-grandson of William McCalla, Captain Bucks County' 
Associators, August 21, 1775 ; Captain 7th Company, 2d 
Battalion, Bucks County Militia, May 6, 1777; Chief 
Forage Department, Bucks County, 1779; and from 
1780 to 1 781 Commissioner of Purchases. 

CHARLES LAURIE McCAWLEY, 

Great- great- grand son of William McCalla, Captain Bucks 
County Associators, August 21, 1775 ; Captain 7th Com- 
pany, 2d Battalion, Bucks County Militia, May 6, 1777; 
Chief Forage Department, Bucks County, 1779; and 
from 1780 to 1 78 1 Commissioner of Purchases. 

Great-great-great-grandson of William Holt, Commissary 
for the American Army during the Revolution. 



WALTER AUDUBON McCLURG, 

Great-great-grandson of Alexander Russell, Lieutenant in 
the 7th Regiment of Pennsylvania Troops, commanded 
by Col. Irvine. 

CHARLES FISH McDERMOTT, 

Great-grandson of George Bender, private. Col. Ward's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Line. 

FRANK PAINE McDERMOTT, 

Great-grandson of George Bender, private in Col. Ward's 
Regiment, Massachusetts Line. 

RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, 

Great-great-grandson of Archibald Cary, President of Vir- 
ginia Committee of Safety, 1776; member Virginia Con- 
vention ; reported resolutions instructing Virginia delegates 
in Congress to declare for independence ; Speaker Virginia 
Senate, 1776. 

CHARLES ADDISON MANN, 

Great-great-grandson of Jacob Ford, Jr., Lieut. -Col. of the 
Ninth New^ York State Regiment, 1778. 
PHILIP MAURO, 

Great-great-grandson of John Santford, Captain of the 9th 
Company, Second Battalion, Suffolk County Minute- 
Men, 1775 ; Adjutant of Col. Malcolm's Regiment, 1776; 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 
FRANCIS W. MANSFIELD, 

Great-grandson of David Phipps, Captain of the U. S. 
frigate " Essex;"" served through the Revolution. 
ALBERT F. MARSH, 

Great-grandson of James Perry, Sergeant " Lexington 
Alarm," Col. Samuel Ballard's Regiment, Staple Cham- 
berlin's command ; 3d Lieutenant, March 28, 1776, 5th 
Regiment Middlesex County, Mass., Militia. 
JOHN ENOCH MASON, 

Great-great-grandson of John Smith, member of Committee 

of Safety of Maryland during the Revolution. 
Great-great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson. 



44 ^'f^^ '^^ *he ^tvolniion. 

Great-grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph, member Vir- 
ginia Convention, 1776; Governor of Virginia. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Archibald Gary, President of 
Virginia Committee of Safety, 1776, and member of 
Virginia Convention ; reported resolutions instructing Vir- 
ginia delegates in Congress to declare for indejDendence ; 
Speaker Virginia Senate, 1776. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Robert Carter Nicholas, last 
Treasurer of the Colony, and first Treasurer of the Com- 
monwealth of Virginia. 

THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, 

Great-great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. John Bailey, Dutchess 
County, New York, Regiment of Minute-Men. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. John Mason, Massachusetts 
Militia. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Isaac Hegeman, 2d Regi- 
ment, New York. 
HENRY MAY, 

Gi-eat-great-grandson of John May, member of Boston "Tea 
Party," 1773; Colonel ist or Boston Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts Militia ; Major under Rochambeau in Rhode 
Island. 

Great-grandson of Edward Coursey, Captain in Revolution, 
1778. 

CARROLL MERCER, 

Great-grandson of John Francis Mercer, Aide-de-Camp to 
Gen. Charles Lee, and Lieutenant-Colonel in Lawson's 
Brigade. 

JOHN FRANCIS MERCER, 

Great-grandson of John Francis Mercer, Lieut. -Col. of Law- 
son's Cavalry Brigade ; raised and equipped at his own 
expense a company of Virginia horse in Stafford County. 
WILLIAM PARK METCALF, 

Great-great-grandson of Peleg Thomas, Lieutenant in Cap- 
tain Rudd's Company, 12th Regiment Connecticut Militia. 
WILLIAM WILLIAMS METCALF, 

Great-grandson of Peleg Thomas, Lieutenant 4th Company, 
1 2th Regiment Connecticut Militia, Col. Jonathan Trum- 
bull ; member National Council of Safety, 



SAMUEL MYERS MILLS, 

Great-grandson of William Mills, enlisted January, 1776, 
Capt. Caleb North, Col. Anthony Wayne ; served seven 
years ; vv^as U. S. pensioner for revolutionary services at 
time of death. 

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS MELOY, 

Great-grandson of Timothy Dawson, of East Haven, Conn., 
a private in Captain Matthew Smith's Company, Gen, 
Waterbury's State Brigade, 17S1. 

EDWARD AUGUSTUS MOSELEY, 

Great-grandson of Ebenezer Moseley, Captain 9th Company, 
3d Regiment Connecticut Line, Col. Israel Putnam, 1775 ; 
Colonel 5th Connecticut Regiment, and member of Leg- 
islature. 

Great-grandson of Ebenezer Buck, Lieutenant, Capt. Jas. 
Key's Company, 5th Regiment, State Troops (Maine), 
1776; Lieutenant, Capt. Reed's Company, Col. Jonathan 
Buck's Regiment, 1777; Captain, Col. Josiah Barnes' 
Regiment, Gen. Lovell's Brigade, 1779. 

Son of Edward Strong Moseley, member of the Massachu- 
setts Society of the Cincinnati. 

Great-great-grandson Jonathan Buck, Lieutenant, 1775, and 
Colonel of State Troops. 

HENRY NIXON MOSS, 

Great-grandson of obert Morris. 

Great-grandson of John Nixon, Brigadier-General in Con- 
tinental Army. He was the man who read the Declara- 
tion of Independence to the people for the first time, at 
Philadelphia, July 8. 

FRANCIS SMITH NASH, 

Great-great-grandson of Frederick Hatcher, member of the 
Revolutionary Committee of Cumberland County, Va. 
JESSE BARKER NEVILLE, 

Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, "the Hero 
of the Cowpens." 

Great-grandson of Presley Neville, Colonel and Aide-de-Camp 
to Gen. Lafayette. 



46 ^'^^^ 0^ the %tvolnii0n. 

Great-great-grandson of John Neville, Colonel 4th Regi- 
ment, Virginia Continental Infantry, December 11, 1777; 
Brevet Brigadier-General September 30, 1783. 

JAMES MICHAEL NOURSE, 

Great-great-grandson of James Nourse, paymaster for militia 
of Berkeley and Frederick Counties, Va., and member of 
Virginia Legislature, 1778 to 1783. 

ALBION KEITH PARRIS, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. 
Paul Dudley Sargent's Regiment ; was in naval service, 
and afterwards commissioned Lieutenant in Massachu- 
setts State Troops. 

SAMUEL B. PARRIS, 

Grandson of Samuel Parris, Orderly Sergeant in Col. Paul 
Dudley Sargent's Regiment ; was in naval service, and 
afterwards commissioned Lieutenant in Massachusetts 
State Troops. 

THOMAS STOWELL PHELPS, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Thomas Nixon, Captain, 1774; 
Lieutenant-Colonel of Minute-Men, 1775; Lieutenant- 
Colonel 6th Massachusetts Regiment, 1775; Colonel 6th 
Massachusetts Regiment, 1776; served until the close of 
the war. 

ARMISTEAD PETER, Jr., 

Great-grandson of Richard Kennon, Lieutenant in the 5th 
Regiment, Virginia Troops, Continental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of John Parke Custis, step-son and 
Aide-de-Camp to General Washington. 

CHARLES ELLIOTT PIKE, 

Great-great-grandson of Ralph Hart Bowles, Brigade Major 
in First Massachusetts Infantry; served 1777 to 17S3. 

PHILLIP M. PRESCOTT, 

Great-grandson of Jeremiah Prescott, of Epson, N. H., who 
signed the Association List, 1776; Lieutenant in Col. 
Stephen Evans' Regiment, Captain in Col. Thomas Stick- 
ney's Regiment, Colonel State Militia. 



WALTER LYTLE PYLE, 

Great-great-great-grandson of Isaac Pyle, a private in Capt. 
Thorough's Company, Sth Battalion Chester County, Pa., 
Militia; mustered 1778. 

IRVING WALLACE RAND, 

Great-great-grandson of Ephraim Rand, of Rye, N. H., a 
private in Capt. Shortridge's Company, Col. Enoch 
Poor's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops ; enlisted 

July 7. 1775- 

HENRY PATTERSON RANDOLPH, 

Grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph, a member of the 
Virginia House of Burgesses 1774 to 1776, and member 
of the Committee of Safety. 
JOHN EDGAR REYBURN, 

Great-grandson of Joseph Crain, ist Lieutenant, Capt. Rich- 
ard McQueen's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's Bat- 
talion, Lancaster County, 1776; Captain, 6th Battalion, 
Col. John Rogers. 

CLIFFORD RICHARDSON, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Howard. He was one of the 
party who, disguised as Indians, threw the tea overboard 
from the '•'•Dartmouth" 
WILLIAM ADAMS RICHARDSON, 

Grandson of Daniel Richardson, of Pelham, N. H. ; enlisted 
1777, and was at Monmouth and in Sullivan's Rhode 
Island Expedition, 1779. Served three years ; a pensioner. 

Grandson of William Adams, enlisted at 15 for eight months, 
and again for six months ; witnessed execution of Andre ; 
a pensioner. 

Great-grandson of William Roby, 2d Lieutenant, Captain 
Walker's Company, Col. Reed's 3d New Hampshire Regi- 
ment, at Bunker Hill; ist Lieutenant, Captain Wilkins' 
Company, Col. Bedel's Regiment of Continental Army ; 
taken prisoner in Canada and died in service. 

Great-great-grandson of Samuel Roby, member of the Com- 
mittee of Safety and Inspection for the Union, of Dun- 
stable, N. H. 



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DAVID RITTENHOUSE, 

Great-great-grandson of John Bull, Commissioner to treat 
with Indians at Easton, Pa., I'J'j^ ', Adjutant-General of 
Pennsylvania, 1779; in command 2d Brigade, Pennsyl- 
vania Militia, after Gen. Irwin's capture ; Delegate to Pro- 
vincial Conference, January and July, 1 775 ; member Con- 
vention, 1776? ^^so member of Pennsylvania Board of 
War. 

ALEXANDER GALT ROBINSON, 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Henry Lee. 
Great-great-grandson of Col. John Fitzgerald, a member of 

Washington's staff during the Revolution. 
Great-great-grandson of Capt, George Gray, 4th Continental 

Dragoons, 1777. 
Great-great-grandson of Dr. John Minson Gait, Chief 

Surgeon of the Military Hospitals of Virginia during the 

Revolutionary War. 
Great-great-grandson of Col. John Fitzgerald, a member of 

Washington's staff. 
Great-great-grandson of George Gray, of Virginia, Captain 

of the 4th Continental Dragoons. 

BEVERLY H. ROBERTSON, 

Grandson of Philemon Holcombe, Lieutenant of Dragoons, 
in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Watkins, 
attached to the command of Col. Washington. 

WILLIAM BEATTY ROCHESTER, 

Grandson of Nathaniel Rochester, Delegate from Orange 
County to the North Carolina Provincial Congress in April 
and May, 1776; afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
Southern Regiment of Orange County, North Carolina. 

JOHN FREDERICK RODGERS, 

Great-grandson of Christopher R. Perry ; enlisted as a boy 
in " Kingston Reds ; " served on a privateer, captured and 
confined on prison ship ; escaped and served on ship 
" Trumbull," Capt. James Nicholson ; taken prisoner and 
confined in Ireland eighteen months. 



FRANCIS ASBURY ROE, 

Grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, and 
Qiiartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, Col. 
William Floyd. 

CARLISLE ROE, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, 

and Quartermaster ist Regiment, Suffolk County, New 

York, Militia, Col. Wm. Floyd. 
FAYETTE WASHINGTON ROE, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, 

and Quartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, 

Col. William Floyd. 
GEORGE ROE, 

Great-grandson of John Roe, Minute-Man, New York Line, 

and Quartermaster ist Regiment Suffolk County Militia, 

Col. William Floyd. 

ELMER GARDNER RUNYAN, 

Great-grandson of James Gardner, private in Captain Gran- 
dyke's Company, New Jersey Militia, Col. Thompson's 
Regiment. 

RICHARD RUSH, 

Great-great-grandson of Richard Stockton, signer of the 

Declaration of Independence. 
Great-grandson of Benjamin Rush, M. D., signer of the 

Declaration of Independence. 

JAMES ANTHONY SAMPLE, 

Great-grandson of Robert De Frees, ship's carpenter on pri- 
vateer; three times prisoner and twice on prison ship 
^^ Jersey." 

FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS, 

Great-grandson of Sergt. Ephraim French, of Capt. Wil- 
liam Barrow's Company, Col. Isaac Wyman's New 
Hampshire Regiment. 
JOSEPH PRENTICE SANGER, 

Great-grandson of Richard Sanger, member of Massachusetts 
Committee on Safety ; also a member of Provincial Con- 
gress. 



50 ^on» of the ^evottttiott. 

NATHAN SARGENT, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Sargent, member of Capt. Seth 
Washburn's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment. 

DANIEL KERFOOT SHUTE, 

Great-great-grandson of William Shute, Lieutenant-Colonel 
2d Battalion Salem County, N. J., Militia, 1777; pro- 
moted to Colonel ; also Assistant Commissary of Issues, 
New Jersey Brigade, Continental Line, and Assistant 
Commissary General of Issues. 
Great-grandson of Enoch Shute, private, Cumberland County, 
N. J., Militia; also private in Capt. Keen's Company, 
Maj. Samuel Hayes' Battalion, New Jersey State Troops. 

HAROLD MARSH SEWALL, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Dummer Sewall,of Continental 
Army. 

WM. FLOYD SICARD, 

Great-great-grandson of William Floyd, signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. 

RICHARD DOUGLAS SIMMS, 

Great-grandson of Charles Sims, Lieutenant-Colonel 6th 
Regiment, Virginia Line. 

JOHN SPEED SMITH, 

Great-great-grandson of James Speed, a Lieutenant in 
Cocke's Regiment of Virginia Militia ; wounded at Guil- 
ford, March, 15, 1781. 
Great-grandson of Green Clay, a Major-General of Kentucky 
Militia in the Revolutionary War, and a delegate to the 
Virginia Convention, 1778. 

WILBUR R. SMITH, 

Great-grandson of William Smith, of Milford, Conn., ist 
Lieutenant and Captain, 6th Regiment Connecticut Line. 

MERWIN-MARIE SNELL, 

Great-grandson of Rev. Moses Hallock, served several 
months in i776-'7; participated in the Burgoyne Cam- 
paign. 



FRANKLIN STEELE, 

Great-grandson of Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration 
of Independence. 

PIERRE CHRISTIE STEVENS, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

ROWAN WAINWRIGHT STEVENS, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

THOMAS HOLDUP STEVENS, Jr., 

Great-great-grandson of Col. Comfort Sage, commanding 
3d Battalion under Gen. Wadsworth. 

W^ILLIAM JOHN SHEAFF STEWART, 

Great-great-grandson of Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg, a 
member of the Continental Congress. 

Great-grandson of Alexander Murray, Lieutenant in Navy, 
Captain ist Regiment Maryland Infantry. 

Great-great-grandson of Joseph Hiester, member of Con- 
stitutional Convention, 1776 ; raised and equipped a com- 
pany at Reading, Pa. ; promoted to Captain. 

HERMAN O. STICKNEY, 

Great-great-grandson of Abraham Stickney, Lieutenant in 
Captain Joseph B. Varnum's Company, Colonel Mcintosh's 
Regiment, 1778. 

HENRY B. SWEARINGEN, 

Great-grandson of Henry Bedinger, Sergeant, Capt. Hugh 
Stephenson's Company, 1775; Lieutenant, Capt. Abra- 
ham Shepherd's Company, Col. Hugh Stephenson, 1776 ; 
captured and held four years. 

JACOB HALE SYPHER, 

Grandson of Abraham Sypher, private, Capt. Parker's 
Company, 2d Battalion Pennsylvania Line, commanded 
by Col. Thomas Hockley. 



52 M^^^ of the ^tvoXution, 

EDMUND MYERS TALCOTT, 

reat-great-grandson of Elizur Talcott, of Glastonbury, 
Conn., Colonel of a troop of horse throughout the Revo- 
lution. 
Great-grandson of George Talcott, of Glastonbury, Conn., 
a member of the " Lexington Alarm." 

DANIEL MORGAN TAYLOR, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment 

Virginia Continental Infantry. 
Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan, the " Hero 

of the Cow^pens." 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, Aide-de- 

Camp to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 
Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 

Virginia Continental Infantry. 

DAVID WATSON TAYLOR, 

Great-great-grandson of John Penn, signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

HARRY CLAY TAYLOR, 

Great-great-grandson of Col. John Neville, 4th Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 

Great-great-grandson of Gen. Daniel Morgan. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Presley Neville, Aide-de- 
Camp to Gens. Lincoln and Lafayette. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. -Col. Charles Simms, 2d Regiment 
Virginia Continental Infantry. 
HENRY LIVINGSTON THOMAS, 

Great-grandson of John Thomas, entered 23d regiment of 
Foot, John Bailey, Colonel, 1776; Surgeon Sth Massa- 
chusetts Regiment, Michael Jackson, Colonel, 1780; also 
Surgeon 3d Mass. Regiment. 
EDWARD AMORY TRESCOT, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the host- 
ages taken by Gen. Cornw^allis and sent from Charleston 
to St. Augustine, 17S0. 



THOMAS CUTHBERT TRESCOT, 

Great-great-grandson of Stephen Bull, General in Conti- 
nental Army. 

Great-great-grandson of William Johnson, one of the host- 
ages taken by Gen. Cornwallis and sent from Charleston 
to St. Augustine, 1780. 

WILLIAM TRUXTUN, 

Great-grandson of Commodore Thomas Truxtun. 
HENRY ENOS TULEY, 

Great - great - great - grandson of James Speed, Captain, 
wounded at battle of Guilford Court-House, 1782. 
FRANCIS CHARLES VAN HORN, 

Great-great-grandson of Adam Reed, a Captain in 3d 
Pennsylvania Battalion in French and Indian War, 1775. 

Great-grandson of Robert Whitehill, member of Cont'inental 
Congress, 1776; Council of Safety, 1777; and of Su- 
preme Executive Council, 1779. 

Great-grandson of Joseph Grain, ist Lieutenant, Captain 
Richard McQueene's Company, Col. Timothy Greene's 
Battalion, Lancaster County, 1776 ; Captain 6th Battalion, 
Col. John Rogers. 

JOHN VAN RENSSELAER, 

Great-grandson of Major James Van Rensselaer, Aide-de 
Camp to Gen. Richard Montgomery and Gen. Philip 
Schuyler. 

HERMAN KNICKERBOCKER VIELE, 

Great-great-grandson of Colonel John Knickerbocker, com- 
manding the 14th Regiment Albany County (N. Y.) 
Mihtia, October 20, 1775, to June 22, 1778. 
JOHN FLOYD WAGGAMAN, 

Great-grandson of John Tyler, father of President Tyler, 
I St Lifeutenant 3d Virginia Infantry. 
JOHN GRIMES WALKER, 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Aaron Walker, of the Continental 
Army. 

Grandson of Samuel Walker, of the Continental Army. 



54 <^**»J8i of the 3fV0Uimt, 

HERBERT FAIRFAX WALLACE, 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Com- 
pany, 3d Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major 
4th Battalion, 1779; Major 6th Battalion, 1780; one of 
the Commissioners of Chester County to seize personal 
effects of traitors. 

Great-great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke, member of 
Provincial Conference of Pennsylvania, 1776. 

Great-great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regiment 
of Foot, commanded by Benjamin G. Eyre ; Captain 2d 
Company, 5th Battalion, Col. John Shee ; Captain 4th 
Company, Philadelphia Brigade, Gen. John Cadwalader ; 
Acting Commissary under Col. Thos. Bradford, 1778. 

THOMAS KITTERA WALLACE, 

Great-grandson of Wm. Brooke, Captain 4th Company 
3d Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; Major 4th 
Battalion, 1779; Major 6th Battalion, 1780; one of the 
Commissioners of Chester County to seize personal effects 
of traitors. 

Great-great-grandson of Matthew Brooke, member of Pro- 
vincial Conference of Pennsylvania, 1776. 

Great-grandson of Elijah Weed, Captain 2d Regiment of Foot, 
commanded by Benjamin G. Eyre ; Captain 2d Company 
5th Battalion, Col. John Shee ; Captain 4th Company, 
Philadelphia Brigade, Gen. John Cadwalader; Acting 
Commissary under Col. Thos. Bradford, 1778. 

AARON WARD, 

Great-grandson of Elkanah Watson, private in the " Provi- 
dence (R. L) Company," under Colonel Nightengale. 

SAMUEL EVANS WATKINS, M. D., 

Great-grandson of Thomas Watkins, Captain in Mattrosses 
Maryland Artillery. 

JOHN SIDNEY WEBB, 

Great-grandson of Capt. John Webb, of the 2d Regiment 
of Connecticut Light Dragoons. 

Great-grandson of Col. John Randall, Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral of Maryland Troops. 



FRANK WHEATON, 

Grandson of Levi Wheaton, minute-man at Lexington and 
Bunker Hill ; Rhode Island privateersman, captured 
17S0, confined on prison-ship in New York Harbor. 

CHARLES WILLIAM WHIPPLE, 

Great-grandson of David Whipple, private, Capt. Whipple's 
Company 5th Massachusetts (Col. Putnam's) Regiment, 
from January i, 1777, to December 31, 1779. 

Great-great-grandson of John Blunt, a member of the Nevvr 
Hampshire Legislature, 177S-1781. 

BALCH BEALL WILSON, 

Great-grandson of Stephen Bloomer Balch, of Deer Creek, 
Maryland, a Captain of a company of academicians in 
Lower Marlborough, Maryland, 1777. 

WILLIAM BAILEY WHITTLESEY, 

Great-great-grandson of John Bailey, of Dutchess County, 
N. Y., Lieutenant- Colonel 3d Regiment New York Min- 
ute-men ; member of Committee of Safety of Dutchess 
County. 

Great-grandson of Melancthon Smith, member of First Pro- 
vincial Congress, New York, 1776; Sheriff of Dutchess 
County, 1 776-1 780; afterwards Judge of Court of Com- 
mon Pleas. 

THOMAS ALFRED W^ITHERSPOON, 

Great-grandson of Gen. Joseph Graham, who was a Major 
in Col. Robert Smith's command in 1781. 

CHARLES WORTHINGTON, 

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas Worthington, of Mary- 
land Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-grandson of Capt. Jonathan Phillips, 2d New Jersey 
Regiment ; original member of the Society of the Cincin- 
nati. 

Great-grandson of William Churchill Houston, member of 
Continental Congress. 



^6 (^«^»i5i of iJxt ^tvolnim, 

WALTER FITZHUGH WORTHINGTON, 

Great-grandson of Major Nicholas Worthington, of Mary- 
land Troops, and Delegate to Legislature of Maryland. 

Great-great-grandson of Wm. Fitzhugh, member Maryland 
Legislature during the Revolution ; member .of Council of 
Safety and Committee of Vigilance of Calvert County. 

WALTER WYMAN, 

Great-grandson of Nehemiah Wyman, of Charlestown, 
Mass. ; a private in Capt. Joshua Walker's Company, 
Col. David Greene's Second Regiment Foot, Middlesex 
County Militia, Massachusetts. 

Great-grandson of Moses Hadley, a private in Capt. Isaac 
Hall's Company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, as- 
sembled April 19, 1775. 

Great-grandson of Lieut. Samuel Cutter, of Somerville, 
Mass., of Capt. Isaac Hall's Company, Col. Thomas 
Gardner's Regiment. 

Great-great-grandson of Capt. Edward Stearns, of Bedford, 
Mass., in command of the Bedford Militia, 1775. 

ROBERT HENRY YEATMAN, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continen- 
tal Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery ; original mem- 
ber of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

WILLIAM SUTER YEATMAN, 

Great-grandson of Richard Dorsey, Lieutenant in Continen- 
tal Army, and Captain Maryland Artillery ; original 
member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 



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DIED. 



Mr. William Matthews Lay, December 21, 1893. 
Col. Garrick Mallery, U. S. Army, October 24, 1894. 
Mr. Wm. E. C. Moorhead, November 29, 1894. 



RESIGNED. 



Mr. Rene Bache, October 2, 1894. 

Dr. Hiram W. Austin, January 7, 1895. 



TRANSFERRED. 

Lieut. John A. Lockwood, U. S. Army, to Missouri Society, December 
31, 1893. 

Mr. J. Russell Selfridge, to New York Society, February 12, 1894. 

Mr. Joseph E. Boylan, to Ohio Society, December 18, 1894. 

Mr. R. F. GoLDSBORouGH, to New York Society, January 7, 1895. 



WILLIAM MATTHEWS LAY 

BORN MARCH 5, 1845 ; DIED DECEMBER 21, 1893. 



William Matthews Lay, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wash- 
ington, D. C, March 5, 1845, the night after the inauguration of Polk as 
President of the United States, and the night of the burning of the old 
National Theatre. His early boyhood was spent in this city, and when 
the corner-stone of the Washington Monument was being conveyed from 
the Baltimore and Ohio station to the Monument grounds he was lifted 
up on the stone by his uncle, Captain Thomas Carbery, Vice-President of 
the Monument Association, and formerly Mayor of the city, and rode 
there until the wagon broke through the bridge, at 14th street, over the old 
canal which separated Washington from what was then called "The 
Island" — now South Washington. 

His parents, like many of the old Washington families, were Roman 
Catholics, and when he was fifteen years of age he was sent to St. Francis 
College, in Cambria county, Pennsylvania, where he remained about a 
year. He then returned to Washington, and when the second battle of 
Bull Run took place he was one of several young men who went to the 
battlefield as volunteer nurses under the call issued by Secretary Stanton. 
Almost all of the party were captured by the Confederates, marched to 
Harper's Ferry and then to Richmond, where they were incarcerated in 
the celebrated Libby Prison. A day or two after his arrival there, on 
account of his quickness and adaptability, he was made clerk to the Com- 
missioners of Exchange, and in this way probably escaped some of the 
hardships of prison life, although when he was exchanged, a month later, 
and reached his home in this city he was completely prostrated by his ex- 
periences. He soon recovered his health, as he was naturally robust, and 
remained in Washington looking after the interests of his father's estate 
during the remainder of the war. The family lived in a large house on 
the yth-street road, near what was then Fort Stevens, and during Early's 
raid, in July, 1864, the house and all its valuable contents were burned by 
order of the military authorities. 

After the war he went to Savannah and engaged in business there, but 
in 1876 he returned to Washington and took charge of his father's interests. 

He was appointed a clerk in the Surgeon-General's OflSce on March 20, 
iS8o, and was promoted in 1S82, 1885, 1888, and to the place which, at the 
time of his death, he held in the Record and Pension Oflice of the War 
Department, in 1S90. 

Through Lieut. Asa Lay, of the 5th Conneticut regiment, who served 
on the staff of Baron Steuben with the rank of Colonel, the subject of 
this sketch was eligible as a member of this Society. Asa Lay married a 
daughter of Oliver Wolcott, Governor of the State of Connecticut, and 



6o William PattHewis i^ajj. 

one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and there is now 
in the possession of the family a swoi'd which he captured from a British 
officer at West Point. 

Of his character and sterling worth I cannot say too much. When a 
mere boy he was noted for his honesty and keen sense of justice, and 
these characteristics clung to him through his life, the cardinal principles 
of which were honor, integrity, and purity. He was a man whose word 
was as good as his bond, and whose Christian charity was never failing. 
He was a gentleman in the best sense of the word, a loving son and 
brother, a genial companion, and a husband and father beyond reproach. 

PICKERING DODGE. 



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